Stories from Japan

Time slows to a crawl. You start to wonder if the faux-leather seats really are any more comfortable than lying down on the floor… Photo by Joshua Ganderson used under CC Like it or not, spend long enough traveling in and around Japan and eventually you’re going to...

GETTY The nation’s Meteorological Agency issued a special weather warning The nation’s Meteorological Agency issued a special weather warning for what it called “historic” rains. Landslide warnings have been issued in over a quarter of the nation’s prefectures. The agency also warned of rising rivers and strong winds. National broadcaster...

TOKYO – Passengers were evacuated from All Nippon Airways (ANA) Boeing 767 aircraft on Monday morning (May 21) prior to its departure to Hong Kong from Narita airport after the passenger cabin filled with smoke, Xinhua news agency reported. The smoke began after the plane’s doors had been closed at...

TOKYO (Sputnik) – The heavy snowfalls in Japan have resulted in cancellation and delay of dozens of flights that affected over 32,000 people, the Aviation Wire flights monitor said on Tuesday. According to the Aviation Wire, the Japan Airlines alone cancelled 124 domestic and 20 international flights on Monday, changing the plans...

A travel advisory for Japan has been issued by the Australian government after a series of earthquakes has affected the country. Following large earthquakes on 14 and 16 April, the Prefecture of Kumamoto and neighbouring prefectures on the southern island of Kyushu have continued to experience a series of aftershocks....